To be eligible, states had to agree to adopt new common standards and tests (the Common Core State Standards); expand the number of charter schools; evaluate the effectiveness of teachers in significant part by the test scores of their students (and remove any statutory barriers to doing so); and agree to «turn around» their lowest - performing schools by taking such dramatic steps as firing staff and closing the schools. (powells.com)
For supporters of the Common Core, especially those who were veterans of the war over national standards in the 1990s, the swift adoption of the new common standards was amazing. (americanradioworks.org)
That motivated many of the states that went on to adopt the new common standards. (indianapublicmedia.org)